DiDi Labs Opens New Campus in Mountain View to Expand Local Team

November 14, 2017 11:00 AM Eastern Time

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(EON: Enhanced Online News)--Didi Chuxing, the world’s largest mobile transportation platform, today
announced the opening of its main U.S. research facility in Mountain
View, California to facilitate the growth and expansion of its Bay
Area-based team. The new campus is located in the heart of Mountain View
on National Avenue, with offices covering 36,000 square feet and
capacity for more than 200 employees.

Since its official launch in March 2017, DiDi Labs has focused on
AI-based security and intelligent driving technologies, with the aim of
attracting leading engineering and technology talent to advance DiDi’s
vision for the transportation industry in China and around the world.

Bob Zhang, CTO of Didi Chuxing, said at the campus opening, “It’s been
an exciting year for DiDi Labs. Our talented team is growing fast and
making important contributions across our key tech areas, from
smart-city transportation management, AI ride-matching, to security and
new product innovation. It is vital to strengthen a global community and
dialogue among innovators and local partners as technology
revolutionizes the way the world moves at an ever-faster pace. DiDi Labs
in Mountain View is ready to play a greater role in this community.”

Dr. Gong Fengmin, Head of DiDi Labs, said in the past eight months, DiDi
Labs has brought its headcount close to 100. The new campus will allow
DiDi Labs to hire additional engineers and data scientists. In addition
to research and development, DiDi Labs serves as a hub for collaboration
among industry leaders, policymakers and academia, with plans for more
outreach programs to engage and participate in knowledge-sharing and
collaborative research projects.

About Didi Chuxing

Didi Chuxing is the world’s leading mobile transportation platform. The
company offers a full range of mobile tech-based mobility options for
over 450 million users, including Taxi, Premier, Express, Hitch, Luxe,
Bus, Minibus, Designated Driving, Car Rental, Enterprise Solutions and
Bike-Sharing. In addition to handling over 25 million daily rides, DiDi
leverages its AI capabilities to help cities develop smart
transportation solutions. DiDi acquired Uber China in August 2016.

DiDi is committed to working with communities and partners to solve the
world’s transportation, environmental and employment challenges using
big data-driven deep-learning algorithms that optimize resource
allocation. By continuously improving the user experience and creating
social value, we strive to build an open, efficient, collaborative, and
sustainable transportation ecosystem. In 2016, DiDi was included in
Fortune’s Change the World list, and named one of the World’s 50
Smartest Companies by MIT Technology Review. In 2015, DiDi was named as
a Davos Global Growth Company.

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